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Agricultural Bdiler.

No. 98,988. I Patented Jan. 18. 1870.

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Letters- Patent No. 98,988, dated January 18, 1879.

' FARMERS BOILER.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern l Be it known that I, ALLEN N. MERRILL, of Batavia, in'the county of Kane, and State of Illinois, have invented a new and improved Farmers Boiler; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, making a pal t of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view;

Figure 2 is a transverse vertical section Figure 3 is a perspective view of the boiler;

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the fire-pot and Figure 5 is a perspective view of the feed-spout.

This invention consists of various improvements in boilers for farmers use, in the preparation of feed for stock, all tending to increase the efiiciency of the apparatus. 1

A is a metal bottom-plate; Y

B, a conical holder resting on the bottom-plate;

(J, a fire-pot resting on the conical holder;

D, an inverted cone, resting on the fire-pot;

E, a wrought-iron jacket, resting on the cone; and

H, the semispherical boiler enclosed Within the jacket E, and supported on legs, 2, projecting upward from the top of the fire-pot.

The latter is provided with a fuel-feed spout, 3, having a cover, I). l I

The base B has adranght-orifice fitted with a door, a.

The boiler is furnished with a curved spout, 4, opening out of its bottom, for the discharge of the contents of the kettle.

A stopper, (1, having a handle, d, closes the upper end of the spent 4.

G is a pipe for letting off the products of combustion from the space enclosing the fire-pot.

The grate is shown at c.

Having thus described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is t Z The boiler H, provided with the spout 4, in combination with the jacket E, cone D, fire-pot O, and base B, constructed and operating substantially as described.

' ALLEN N. MERRILL. Witnesses:

HENRY 8. FIELD, J. O. MCOLELLAN. 

